Descent

Immortal Chronicles Series, Book 1

By: Sloane Murphy

Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya, Sean Patrick Hopkins

Six-hundred years after The Outbreak, the human population stand side by side with the Fae & the Vampyrs to stop the Demon King from starting a second Dark War.

Seventeen-year-old Adelaide Tate is in her last year of the Academy, with her eyes set on becoming part of the Red Guard. Who cares that no female has ever joined?

When a dark force develops an unhealthy liking for her, Adelaide needs to fight for her life and figure out what makes her so different from the others.

Betrayal. Fear. Anger.

She must overcome it all in order to turn her world the right way around again.

Adelaide has one choice. Accept the help offered to her by Xander Bane, or face the Demon Hoard alone.

One thing is for sure. The Descent will be bloody.

Contains mature themes.

©2017 Sloane Murphy (P)2020 Tantor

so much potential

so the story base is amazing and captivating. Enough to keep me getting the sequels. But the story is so fast paced and missing detail. It skips around and fast forward quite a bit and then your left with "what was the point of this whole chapter". Anyway the narrator is great, but there is some volume issues... the narration is too low and the quotes are very loud. So I'm constantly having to adjust volume. Other than that, she does sooo good with the different voices and expressed emotion. I love that it doesn't sound like shes ready, but that she is acting.

Entertaining, Smooth, Twisted

Everything a vampire Romance book can be. Its all here. Romance, Internal Struggle and Growth, Romance, Revenge, Pain, Blood and Death.
if you desire a book that keeps delivering right from the first word to the very last, well then, step right. up. That is unless you are feeling timid.

Illogical

I have about 1 hour left in the book and I just had to stop it. Though the book is well organized and descriptive, the main character is just too naive.. too the point to where it’s stupid to be honest.

So someone slices the throat of someone you love right in front of your face with your blades and 1 month later you’re like, “but man he’s so good looking. I want to rub myself all over his wings. It’s a shame he’s an ass sometimes..” what ?!? It actually says, “what a shame” are you kidding me? The #1 reason this stands out to me is because the main character is betrayed significantly over theses deaths. But she’s not willing to forgive that person, but is more forgiving/forgetting with the killer. Just illogical and extremely innocent type of writing on a more mature topic. Doesn’t mesh well. And in the end, all of the killing and kidnapping seems for no reason.

Narration was done poorly. There were times it was so quiet then really loud all of the sudden.

Childish at best

I couldn’t handle the ridiculousness of the main character. The endless whining and bloated ego will make you roll your eyes so many times you’ll have a headache until it blessedly ends. Don’t waste your credit.

What

So, I don't usually read paranormal romance - this was a different thing for me. But it just didn't work - and here's why.

Addie was fickle and irritating, attempting to be a sassy bad-ass but only succeeding in having a narrative voice that seriously grated on me. At one moment she would despair of girls obsessing over men, and the next moment she herself would be obsessing over men. She never felt like a truly strong female character.

There were too many characters - every single one had their own name, and it became massively confusing to keep track of who each individual person was. And many of the supporting cast didn't seem necessary to the plot in the slightest. Xander had very little involvement in the novel at all, and I didn't find the relationship or chemistry believable. I actually preferred Tyler.

This was really a kitchen-sink novel. It read like a stream of consciousness, missing out large gaps of time and then adding in some vague details in a casual manner to explain what was happening in the present. It could have really used some thorough planning, rather than feeling like it was entirely made up as it went along. None of the characters had real motives, and there were particular moments when they just were not acting in character at all (particularly in the many betrayals).

The worldbuilding once again had potential but ended up feeling lazy. The 'Old World' was constantly referred back to for cultural items, fashion, music and films, rather than this world having its own culture and lifestyle. I wanted to know more of the backstory, more of the state of the world at large, and I wanted to know more about the limitations and powers of the species from the outset, rather than having random powers dropped in at opportune moments (and then not actually being of any use after all).

Really, it just felt like nothing of any consequence happened at all. There was no development, much of it dragged and then there would suddenly be a major plot twist that didn't seem believable in the slightest. This is a shame; there was a lot of potential in the premise, and up until the 25% mark I had high hopes - after that point, it descended into confusion, lack of reason and plain pointlessness. This was in need of a thorough planning and a good editor, and I hope the author can come back and deliver something that lives up to the potential I know she has.

DONT!! WORST! Boring as F***, meant for preteens.

UPDATE: I finished the series and it just gets worse and Worse! In the last book i literally just fast forwarded to the last chapters and saved myself hours of monotony. The Worst Series EVER!!!!! I have over 450 audiobooks and I cant think of another series that's worse. Unless you're a 13 yr old girl, this book is Boring and mundane. Filled with useless immature teenage drama that leads no where, heavy internal dialogue which is repetitious and illogical, no emotional connection to characters, ect. don't know what happened with Sloane Murphys writing since I loved her other series. this character is unlikable, unrelatable, and mostly unbareable. I Regret getting the entire series already. even on sale less than $5, I wasted money. My OCD requires me to finish the series, especially since I already paid for it, and I dont want to bother with the refunding process. but I'm already cringing. 😱☠️👻